eye gaze

Where you look

Eye gaze is the direction someone is looking, particularly as a subject of study in psychology, neuroscience, and human-computer interaction.

Researchers track eye gaze to understand attention, social cognition, and reading patterns.

In assistive technology, eye gaze systems allow people with limited mobility to control computers by looking at screen elements: She uses eye gaze to type and browse the web.

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fixation · attention · contact · avert · look away · intense · tracking · focus · direction · linger · watchful · piercing · sidelong · downcast · longing · come hither · scrutiny · iris

Opposites
visual attention direction

eye gazeperipheral vision

Sight at edges

averted gaze · looking away · blank stare · sideways glance · downcast eyes

engagement mode

eye gazelooking down

Directing sight lower

downcast eyes · staring into space · zoning out

social attention

eye gazeavoiding eye contact

Not meeting someone's look

ignoring · turning away · shifty eyes

Family

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